Instruments Bass Members Ayumu, Megumi Ueno | Years active 2003-present | |
Albums Re:Set, NEO MASQUE, Pretty Queen, Z Similar Kanako Itō, Ayane, Afilia Saga, Minami Kuribayashi, Chiyomaru Shikura Profiles |
Zwei is a Japanese duo formed in 2003 composed of model Megumi Ueno (born May 24, 1980) on bass and Ayumu (born March 30, 1978) on vocals. Ueno models for Japanese punk brand SeXpoT RevenGe and has appeared in the Kera magazine. Zwei is actually the german word for 'two', referencing the fact that they're a duo.
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Biography

Megu and Ayumu started their career as Zwei in 2004 under VAP, Inc. They released their debut single "Movie Star" in May 2004. Since then, the band started developing a techno-rock style with some similarities with Depeche Mode. In October 2004, they released their debut album Pretty Queen. The following year, they continued releasing singles, and a second album, but in general, the sales of both the albums and the singles was limited. Probably the most popular song of this era was "Dragon", released in July 2005.

In 2007, Zwei officially left VAP and signed on with Universal Music Group. However, in 2010, the band left Universal and moved to 5pb.. They started singing songs for some of the video games developed by the same company. As a result, the popularity of the band started growing moderately. In 2012, they sang the opening theme for the visual novel Robotics;Notes, developed by 5pb. too. The band also sings the opening theme for the anime adaptation of Robotics;Notes.

In 2013, the duo announced they would be releasing their first album in 8 years, titled "Re:Set," on April 24.
Singles

Albums
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GATEWAY LOVERe:Set · 2015
Brave the Sky2014
MY OWN LIFE2016